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A. M. ANCHORSTAH.

ATTACHMENT FOR CORSETS.

APPLICATION man on. 22. 1911.

1,308,025. Patented July 1, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET A. M. ANCHORSTAR.

ATTACHMENT FOR CORSETS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 22. 19!]- Patented July 1, 1919.

2 SHEETF-SHEET 2.

ANNA M. ANCI-IOBSTAR, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ATTACHMENT FOR CORSE'IS.

Speeificationof Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1919.

Application med ember 22, 1917. Serial no. 197,768.

To all whom it may concern 'Be it known that I, ANNA M. Anonoie STAR, acitizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Attachments for Corsets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in wearing apparel. Moreparticularly this 111- vention relates to womens corsets. The obj ect ofthe invention is to provide an attachment for corsets adapted to bemanufactured as a separate commercial article or embodied in theconstruction of the corset for the purpose of preventing it fromcreeping up and becoming displaced.

Because of an enlightened public opinion with reference to the properclothing and personal hygiene it is no longer desirable that corsetsbe-worn laced very tight. is also due to a change in fashion to dressalong the natural lines of the body and corsets are no longer requiredto be laced so tight as to producethe wasp effect which formerly wasthought to be very desirable, but which medical science condemns.

On the other hand, when a corset isnot laced very tight it is apt towork up or creep up on the body of the wearer, thereb producingdiscomfort and spoiling the effect of careful dressing. It also tends totear the stocking because the garters are attached to the corset.

It is therefore the object of this invention to provide a means forkeeping the corset down in proper position. i

To this end my invention is embodied in an article of manufacture ashereinafter dis: closed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich- Figure 1 is a side View of a corset with my attachment securedthereto in proper position;

Fig. 2 is a View showing the attachment and corset as they appear whenworn upon the body;

Fig. 3 is a separate view of the attachment; and

Fig. 4 shows a modification.

The reference numeral 5 denotes the corset which may be of any usualconstruction. 6 indicates the front of the corset and 7 the back. 8 arethe hose supporters.

This

My attachment comprises a piece of elastic material 9 adapted to besecured to the corset as by sewing 17 along the upper, preferablystraight, edge 12, and of a width from the front edge 10 to the rearedge 11 sufficient to partially surround and encircle the leg of thewearer on the outside thereof from the lower edge of the corset and tobe low the knee. In order to conform to the curves of the body whensitting and to eXert an even downward pull upon practically the entirelower portion of the corset 5, the attachment is made in one piece withthe front edge 10 longer than the rear edge 11., The bottgnn edge 13 iscut so as to be clasped horizontally around the leg below the knee bymeans of the strap 14-15, which may be secured and adjusted by a buckle16 of any suitable construction.

The attachment possesses certain advantages due to .its elasticity,shape and size. Thus by being attached to the corset for a distancecovering more than one-half on either side an even, strong, yet easy,downward pull is exerted upon the corset and the lower portion of thelatter is kept snugly against the body without bulging, crimping orwrinkling, such as is the case when only separate straps are used forthis purpose. Again, the difference in. length of the front and rearedge causes the even downward pull on the corset to be maintained whilethe wearer sits down, in which case the line passing from below the kneeand over the latter is longer than the opposite line on the underside ofthe leg. When the wearer is standing this difference in length is takenup in that the corset on the side is longer than. in front or back.

The width of the attachment is such that it covers at least one-half ofeach side of the corset, it being understood that for each corset therewill be used one attachment on either side as shown.

In securing the attachment to the corset care should be taken to placethe front edge 10 so close to the front 6 that said edge will coincidewith a line passing in front of the leg directly over the knee.

After the corset has been laced, the strap '14-'15 is clasped around theknee inside the stockings after which the garters are attached as usual.If the garters are spaced so as to be directly beneath the attachment,

slits 18 may be provided in the latter as shown'in Fig; 3, through whichthe garters may be passed. v

In Fig. 4 the attachment is built in as a part of the corset.

I have found by wearing the attachment that it may be worn withoutdiscomfort, keeps iht ea o s t d n Perfectly and stretches sufficientlyin bending.

The strap 14i15 may extend-to both sides or bea separate piece sewedacross the lower per-timer theattachirieiit. Other'modifications m beinade within the scope of i the inyen'tionwithout departing from thepriniple thereof.

i 'c e' r 4 1. As a new article of manufacture, an

"attachment for corsets comprising a body portion of elastic material,one'for each side ofthe corset, said body portion having four edges atop edge "long enoughto extend from near'thefront edge of the corsettonear the rear edge of the'corset, the front edge of the body portionbeing longer than the rear edge thereof and the bottom edge beingsubstantially shorter than the said top edge and means for securing thesaid bottom edge to the leg of the wearer below the knee.

2. As a new article of manufacture, an attachment for corsets comprisingtwo solid body portions of elastic material adapted to be attached tothe corset, one on each side, said body portions extending downwardlyfrom the sides of the coisets'to below the knees of the wearer andshapedto partially encircle the legs on the outside'thereof from frontto back, said body portionsbeing pro- C op ies' of thls iiatelit niaybebbt'ained for five' cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofPatents,

Washington, 'D. C.

